regret?
EasternPA said:
Hi again Ella.. looks like its the Don and EPA show tonight..
The tire pressure system is the one thing I regret buying, but I wanted the AWD, Nav and VDC so I'm sure I didn't have much of a choice back in '03. My light stays on all winter. That's right. Never goes out during the winter. Never. No matter what.
I too, wanted VDC, AWD and Nav, and got the TPMS w/o really knowing all that much about it. Last year I heard that Piercing alarm tone and it kinda freaked me out, not to mention how non-descript the exclamation point is on the dash.. doesn't really indicate a tire issue as much as it conveyed to me.. "STOP.. THIS IS BAD!"
Well, it turns out it wasn't a great situation, the light and tone came back time and time again, and after looking up the dash light in the manual, I checked the pressure and A tire (wasn't sure which was which, top to bottom doesn't necessarily mean front to back or right to left Iv'e been told) was low. Turns out I had a huge nail in one of my tires... W/o the TPMS, I wouldn't have known this until it was probably too late, and stuck changing my tire on the side of the road.
Just be careful if/when you replace a tire, there's risk of the stem breaking in the dismouting process. This $100+ risk is just as possible w/ a Nissan Dealership doing the work as it is w/ a local tire shop. My Nissan service advisor in Boston area told me to save my $$ on the tire and go to a local shop, and if the stem did break, at least I"d pay far less for the tire itself that if I went through him and got the tire from Nissan.
Loud and annoying? Yeah.... Worth the incovenience? No question..
just my 2 cents
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